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October 23,2002
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Drugs Land
Bush Daughter
in Jail
Death Row Racial Bias Debated
ie Court case
Using race injury selection is
(A P )— The Supreme Court took
up the death penalty last week, hear
ing an appeal from a black man who
says the overwhelmingly white jury
that put him on T exas’ death row
was selected on the basis o f race.
Several justices seemed troubled
by Texas prosecutors’ tactics in
Thom as M iller-El’s case. His attor
ney, Seth W axman, urged the court
to throw out his death sentence and
use his case as a model.
“W hatever this court decides,
this case is going to stand as a
benchm ark” test for w hat is toler
ated injury picking, W axm an said.
The Constitution forbids race dis
crim ination injury selection.
G ena A. Bunn, an assistant attor
ney general in Texas, repeatedly
told the court that the judge who
review ed M iller-El’s allegations of
racial bias properly ruled against
him. She said that M iller-El’s evi
dence was circumstantial.
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy
said he found it “a little bit odd for a
prosecutor to say circumstantial evi-
dence is not relevant.”
M iller-E l w as se n ten c ed to
death for the 1985 killing o f a 25-
year-old clerk at a Holiday Inn near
the D allas-Fort W orth In tern a
tional Airport. The victim was white.
and recom m ended instead “pour
som e honey on them and stake
them out o ver an ant bed.”
The Suprem e Court intervened
earlier this year, just days before
Miller-El was to be executed in Texas.
Justice David H. Souter said that
The one black person chosen fo r
the jury told prosecutors he regarded
execution as too painless fo r killers
and recommended instead 'pour some
honey on them and stake them out
over an ant bed.’
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Before his trial, prosecutors used
their pow er to challenge specific
jurors as a w ay to elim inate 10 out
o f 11 potential black jurors. T he
one black person chosen for the
jury told prosecutors he regarded
execution as too painless for ki 1 lers
underthe scenarioarguedbyT exas,
only a defendant with a “slam-dunk”
jury bias case w ould ever get a
chance to appeal.
Blacks are generally considered
less likely to impose the death pen
alty than whites and are sometim es
viewed as risky jurors because they
may be skeptical o f police, said Rob
ert J. Cottrol, a criminal law professor
at George W ashington University.
W axman said a training manual
that had been used in the Dallas
prosecutors office recom m ended
keeping black jurors o ff trials.
The law yer also said pro secu
tors questioned black potential
jurors differently from w hites in an
attem pt to get answ ers that w ould
be used to keep them o ff the jury.
“The record is perfectly clear that
there was disparate questioning,”
Justice John Paul Stevens agreed.
U sing race in ju ry selection is a
violation o f the 14th A m endm ent’s
equal-protection guarantee. The
co u rt' s ruling w ould not be lim ited
to death-row cases, but it could be
w ritten so narrow ly as to only help
Miller-El.
Justices have been asked to co n
sider abolishing capital p u n ish
ment for killers who committed their
crim es as m inors.
Noelle Bush. 25, daughter o f Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, arrives for
a hearing at the Orange County Courthouse. (AP Photo)
(A P ) — F lo rid a G o v . Jeb
B u sh ’s daughter and P resident
G eorge B u sh ’s niece w as led
aw ay in handcuffs T hursday af
ter a ju d g e sentenced her to 10
days in jail for violating the term s
o f her drug treatm ent program .
N oelle Bush, 25, told C ircuit
Judge R eginald W hitehead: “I
sincerely apologize for w hat hap
pened and prom ise to do well at
the C enter for D rug-Free Living.”
W hitehead told her he was
sending her to ja il because he
w as aw are o f allegations that she
had been found w ith crack co
caine in her shoe w hile at the
treatm ent center.
T he ju d g e said he w as disap
pointed in her but w as allow ing
h er to stay in the program rather
than returning her to the regular
Brochure Tackles Law on Alcohol Sales
T h e first tim e su p e rm a rk e t
checkers o r liquor store clerks are
caught selling alcohol to m inors,
they face m andatory fines o f $350.
For repeat offenses, the penalties
are m uch stiffer.
T he O regon L iquor C ontrol
C om m ission know s that selling
alcohol is serious business, so
th a t’s why clerks are required to
read and sign the inform ation book
let, “W hat Every Store Clerk Needs
to K now A bout Selling A lcohol.”
R e c e n tly , c le rk s in se v eral
W illamette Valley grocery markets
sold alcoholic beverages to under
age buyers and w ere cited into
crim inal court. The store ow ners
(licensees) w ere also issued ad
m inistrative tickets because the
sales took place on their prem ises.
Several were cited again for failing
to have em ployees read and sign
the O L C C clerk ’s brochure.
T he booklet outlines the penal
ties for selling alcohol to m inors or
CRIME STOPPERS-
visibly intoxicated persons, the five
types o f acceptable ID , how to
re c o g n iz e v isa b ily in to x ica ted
people and tips for refusing to sell
alcohol to questionable custom
ers.
Another section lists 18 hints for
checking ID to make sure customers
are 21, or haven’t altered the card to
reflect an earlier birth date. The booklet
says toeliminate the guesswork about
a person’s age and “don’t sell unless
you’re sure.”
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crim inal ju stic e system .
“I want you to have some time
to think and reflect on this,” he
said. “ You should be disappointed
that you let yourself dow n.”
T he presid en t’s niece has been
undergoing drug treatm ent in O r
lando since February as an alter
native to going through the trad i
tional crim inal ju stice system .
She w as placed in the drug
court system after she w as ac
cused o f trying to use a forged
prescription to buy the an ti-an x i
ety drug X anax at a pharm acy
drive-through in January. In July,
she w as sent to ja il for tw o days
after rehabilitation center w o rk
ers found h er w ith prescription
pills. Police w ere called to the
cen ter last m onth because o f re
ports she had crack cocaine.
T he P ortland Police B ureau, in c o
operation with C rim e Stoppers, is ask
ing for your help in locating an d ap
prehending Jeffery A lan H askell.
A felony no-bail arrest w arrant,
charging H askell w ith probation v io
lation is on file w ith the State o f O r
egon, D epartm ent o f Parole and P ro
bation. In addition, Portland Police
Bureau D etectives w ant to question
II.x-L-.dl in rnii'irzk tn a
linHic.
closed investigation.
H askell, w ho also uses the nam es
Jeffrey A llen H ead and D avid W.
M angeta, is a 38-year old w hite m ale
w ith a date o f birth o f July 8 ,1 9 6 4 .
H e is six feet tall and can w eigh
a n y w h e re b e tw e e n 190 an d 230
pounds. He has blue eyes, brow n hair
and several tattoos, including a tattoo
o f a bulldog on his right arm and
“JO R Y ” on his left arm.
Transit Station Assault Reward Offered
w as w ired shut for four w eeks.
T he victim rem em bers setting
on a bench and then being at
tacked by som eone for no appar
ent reason.
T h e p erso n w ho fo u n d th e v ic
tim d id n o t w itn e ss th e assau lt
but saw th ree y o u n g b la c k m ales
le av e th e are a w h ere th e victim
w as fo u n d . A c c o rd in g to th e
sam e p erso n , th e th ree in d iv id u
als had g o tte n o f f a M ax T rain
an d w ere h a ra ssin g an d in tim i
dating people, including a w om an
w ith a b ab y , an d w ere try in g to
Portland Police Bureau D etec
tives, in cooperation w ith C rim e
Stoppers, are looking for anyone
w ho may have w itnessed a man
being seriously assaulted and
other people being confronted
and intim idated at a transit sta
tion.
On T hursday, Aug. 29, at ap
proximately 6:40 p.m. at the street
level o f the 82nd A venue T ransit
Station, a 40-year-old w hite m ale
was found in a pool o f blood. The
victim w as hospitalized w ith fa
cial traum a so severe that his jaw
p ic k fig h ts.
D e te c tiv e s h av e te n ta tiv e ly
id e n tifie d th e in d iv id u a ls, tw o
o f w h o are v ery d is tin c tiv e , as
all b ein g 1 7 -y ears o ld at th e
tim e. O n e o f th e d istin c tiv e in
d iv id u a ls h ad h is h air w o rn in
tw o ex tre m e ly lo n g b ra id s, o ne
on ea ch sid e o f h is h ead . T h e
o th e r had ta tto o in g on his n eck.
V id eo o f th e a re a sh o w s a n u m
b e r o f p e o p le , at o r n ea r the
lo c a tio n w h ere th e v ictim w as
a ssa u lte d , w h o m ay h av e w it
n essed th e attac k .
Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward o f up to $1,000fo r information, reported to Crime Stoppers,
that leads to an arrest in these cases, or any unsolved felony crime, and you need not give your name.
Call Crime Stoppers at 503- 823-HELP.
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